Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Ferreira
Citation names
- Ferreira, Joana
- Ferreira, J.A.
- Ferreira, J
- Joana Alexandra Ferreira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 901F-23BE-B9E8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6076-1149
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=-Bs39UEAAAAJ&scilu=&scisig=AMD79ooAAAAAXo5HTcdb7SJYZfSblWP_j_WnXksANNGN&gmla=AJsN-F7JgHw6QcpU4ARdG8_-1ljZUiaPDo_imb4SO8XZdDtPqcmGs4Ei7VAGqDenNn8p1FjeD7-IorDdXddfC6iZESo-ckQ1SVKUiVvqg8VuSyZi9SnMHnA&sciund=2
- Scopus Author Id
- 56713517200
Email addresses
- joana.ferreira@fc.up.pt (Professional)
- joana.alexandra.ferreira@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Rua da Igreja, 161 1ºDT, 4510-283, São Pedro da Cova, Gondomar, Portugal (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016/03/01 - 2020/10/07
Concluded
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Geology (Doutoramento)
Major in Geochemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Exhumation of anatectic complexes through shear zones: petrological and geochemical
constraints on the evolution of the Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – Lumbrales Anatectic
Complex" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimously approved with honours and praise |
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2011/09 - 2013/11
Concluded
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Master in Geology and Geological Resources (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Caracterização do granito do Pedregal. Condicionantes da sua aplicação." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16/20 |
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2008/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
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Geology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14/20 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/05/09 - 2024/12/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | ||
| 2015/02 - 2015/07 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/01 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2025/02/01 - 2025/07/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - Current | Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Institute of Earth Sciences - Porto Pole, Portugal (...) |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/01 - Current | Team Member | Instituto Geofísico da Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Instituto Geofísico da Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/07/12 - 2024/12/31 | INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES
UIDP/04683/2020
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2022/05/09 - 2023/06/30 | Development of Sustainable Materials for Water Splitting: an integrated study from
cradle to grave
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000076
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Institute Dom Luiz
UID/GEO/50019/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2015/02 - 2015/07 | Origin of the Mass Extinction of the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Triassic-Jurassic boundary:
bolide impact, volcanism or both?
PTDC/CTE- GIX/117298/2010
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
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Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Current | Medice II - Memórias, Dinâmicas e Cenários da Pré-história à Época Romana - IPPC
Medice II
Invited Scientist Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
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Not funded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference abstract |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Report |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/02/22 | Migmatites and granites in the context of the Variscan orogeny | Geologia às Quartas
Instituto Ciências da Terra - Pólo Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/03/25 | U-Pb Crystallization Ages and Cooling Rates of the Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo-Lumbrales Anatectic Complex Granites, Central Iberian Zone (Portugal). | XIV Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa e XIX Semana de Geoquímica
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
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| 2016/11/19 | Migmatitos da Zona Centro-Ibérica: comparação entre o complexo migmatítico do Pedregal e o Complexo Anatéctico de Figueira de Castelo-Rodrigo – Lumbrales. | VI CJIG, LEG 2016
Centro de Ciência Viva de Estremoz (Estremoz, Portugal)
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| 2014/07/21 | Geocronologia (U-Pb) e Geoquímica do granito do Pedregal. | IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia/2º Congresso Nacional dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2013/10/04 | Geologic, petrographic and geochemical peculiarities of diatexitic granite (Pedregal Granite, NW Portugal). | III CJIG, LEG 2013 & 6th PGUE
Centro de Ciência Viva de Estremoz (Estremoz, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - 2025/07 | Aquisição e Georreferenciação de dados geológicos do conjunto de rochas granitóides
da região de Gondomar
Co-supervisor of Aurora Carvalho
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Geology (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2025/02 - 2025/07 | Caracterização geológica de materiais associados a diferentes escavações arqueológicas
na zona centro de Portugal
Supervisor of Raúl Filipe / José Pedro Lima
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Geology (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2025/02 - 2025/06 | Preparação de amostras para estudos geocronológicos
Supervisor of Marco Lopes / Ana Raquel Guimarães
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2025/02 - 2025/06 | Aquisição e georreferenciação de dados de geoquímica, petrofísica e geofísica de granitos
Co-supervisor of Thiago Silva
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2024/02 - 2024/06 | Fieldwork and Sampling in the Pedregal Migmatite Complex
Supervisor of Felipe Campos
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Internship (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2024/02 - 2024/06 | Fieldwork and sampling on the Vila Nova de Gaia coastline
Supervisor of André Pinto Macedo
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Internship (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2024/02 - 2024/06 | Petrography and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of two-mica granites from the
Gondomar region
Co-supervisor of Augusto João Moreira da Silva
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Extracurricular Internship (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2024/02 - 2024/06 | Fieldwork and sampling in the Pedregal Migmatite Complex
Supervisor of Aurora da Silva de Carvalho
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Extracurricular Internship (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2022/08/12 - 2023/07/20 | Estudos multidisciplinares das associações minerais do jazigo de ferro de Cabeço de
Mua (Torre de Moncorvo)
Co-supervisor
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Geologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2023/02 - 2023/07/13 | Caracterização multidisciplinar do granito de Gondomar: petrografia, geoquímica e
radiometria
Co-supervisor
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Geologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2023/02/06 - 2023/07/04 | Estudo comparativo de dados radiométricos, mineralógicos e geoquímicos do plutão de
Lamas de Olo (Parque Natural do Alvão)
Co-supervisor
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Geologia (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2023/02/06 - 2023/07/04 | Preparação de amostras para estudos geocronológicos: granito de Fânzeres e rochas
gnaisso-migmatíticas do Pedregal
Supervisor
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Geologia (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/04/07 - 2025/04/07 | Workshop “Referências/citações bibliográficas e ferramentas de gestão” (2025/04/07 - 2025/04/07)
Workshop
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/09/09 - 2024/09/10 | Institute of Earth Sciences Meeting (ICT Days) (2024/09/09 - 2024/09/10)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Institute of Earth Sciences - Porto Pole, Portugal |
| 2024/05/31 - 2024/05/31 | Workshop on how to manage citations and refences using Mendeley. (2024/05/31 - 2024/05/31)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/02/06 - 2024/02/06 | Workshop: Comunicar ciência: vamos descomplicar! Workshop for undergraduate students
with tips on how to improve poster and oral presentations. (2024/02/06 - 2024/02/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
|
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024 - 2024 | Field trips to the granite and migmatite outcrops of Lavadores beach (Porto, Portugal)
for primary and high schools. (2024 - 2024)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2023/05/31 - 2023/05/31 | Geologist Day & ICT Group 3 Meeting: This event occurred in person at FCUP and with
simultaneous transmission by the ZOOM platform. The event included oral presentations
by researchers and PhD students of the ICT’s Group 3 (GeoResources and Geomaterials).
(2023/05/31 - 2023/05/31)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30 | Workshop: Comunicar ciência: vamos descomplicar! Workshop for undergraduate students
with tips on how to improve poster and oral presentations. (2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
|
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2018/04/01 - 2018/07/29 | A geological transverse in the Variscan and Alpine orogens in NW Iberia (2018/07/27 - 2018/07/29)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/26 - Current | Meeting with the Scientist is an activity of the “Escola Ciência Viva de Gaia”. The
meeting is with children from a municipal elementary school. The invited scientists
do an exposition about their work and the children have the opportunity to make questions.
https://parquebiologico.pt/images/CienciaViva/JornaisCViva/2023/23FolhetoSemanal15-edicao-nr23.pdf
Meeting
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Meeting with Scientist
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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| 2023/01 - Current | Collaboration with schools of the Maia Municipy: several workshops were organised
in these schools about the Rock Cycle and Mineral Resources.
Workshop
|
Na natureza nada se perde tudo se transforma – ciclo litológico |
| 2024/10/10 - 2024/10/12 | The ESTREMOZ TALKS ON EARTH DYNAMICS (EsTED) is an annual meeting that takes place
in Estremoz (Central Portugal) during three days, where there will be time for informal
talks between scientific researchers and the development of skills through workshops.
EsTED can also become a place where participants can benefit every day from the presence
of world-class researchers to engage in informal but fruitful discussions.
Workshop
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ESTREMOZ TALKS ON EARTH DYNAMICS (EsTED)
Centro de Ciência Viva de Estremoz, Portugal
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| 2024/05/17 - 2024/05/17 | Meeting with the Scientist is an activity of the “Escola Ciência Viva de Gaia”. The
meeting is with children from a municipal elementary school. The invited scientists
do an exposition about their work and the children have the opportunity to make questions.
https://parquebiologico.pt/images/CienciaViva/JornaisCViva/2023-24/58-FolhetoSemana.pdf
Meeting
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Meeting with the Scientist
Escola Ciência Viva, Portugal
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| 2023/04/28 - 2024/04/28 | Field trip to Arouca Geopark: Collaboration with Rio Tinto nº3 Schools (AERT3), under
the scope of the collaboration protocol with the ICT/Live Science Club of AERT3, namely
through the field trip at Arouca Geopark, for high school students.
Other
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Field trip to Arouca Geopark |
| 2023/02 - 2023/04 | Collaboration with Carolina Michaelis High School: Field trip to the Regoufe mining
area to collect geochemical and geophysical data with students. The students were
challenged to processing the data and to make a poster with the results. Several meetings
were held at the school and some emails were exchanged to guide and support the students
in the preparation of their tasks.
Other
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2023/07/20 | Estudos multidisciplinares das associações minerais do jazigo de ferro de Cabeço de
Mua (Torre de Moncorvo)
Supervisor
|
Ricardo Vianez Oliveira e Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/01/24 - 2025/02/07 | Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263) | MDPI |
| 2025/01/17 - 2025/01/21 | Minerals (2075-163X) | MDPI |
| 2024/06/04 - 2024/10/27 | Lithos (0024-4937) | Elsevier |
| 2024/05/23 - 2024/06/22 | Journal of Iberian Geology (1886-7995) | Springer |
| 2024/02/08 - 2024/04/25 | Boletín Geológico y Minero (0366-0176) | IGME-CSIC |
| 2022/08/08 - 2022/11/20 | Lithos (00244937) | Elsevier |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Current | The ICT Academy, run by students and junior researchers, aims to transfer and disseminate
scientific knowledge,
fostering a positive, multidisciplinary, and inclusive working environment through
various initiatives. In-person ICT
events, such as the ICT Days, will continue to facilitate interaction among researchers,
collaborators, and students,
providing a platform for presenting and discussing recent results and achievements.
Coordinator
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/15 - 2025/12/16 | Metamorphic Petrology | Metamorphic Petrology (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2025/10/24 - 2025/12/12 | Petrology and Geochemistry | Petrology and Geochemistry (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2025/02/18 - 2025/06/03 | Geochemistry | Geochemistry (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2025/02/18 - 2025/05/13 | Geological Mapping | Geological Mapping (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/09/23 - 2024/12/17 | Metamorphic Petrology | Metamorphic Petrology (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/10/25 - 2024/12/13 | Petrology and Geochemistry | Petrology and Geochemistry (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/11/07 - 2024/11/21 | Applied Geostatistics to Earth Sciences | Applied Geostatistics to Earth Sciences (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2024/04/08 - 2024/05/29 | Metamorphic Petrology | Petrologia Metamórfica (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2023/03/16 - 2023/04/27 | Statistical Analysis | Geociências (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2022/09/23 - 2022/12/09 | Geodynamics | Geologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/05/28 | PEEC Views | Em nome da idade da rocha — a busca pelo zircão. University of Porto News. Interview given to FCUP's Image and Communication Services as part of the Extracurricular Internship Programme (PEEC). | University of Porto News. |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/06 - Current | Minerals (2075-163X) | MDPI |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/07/22 - 2025/07/22 | Doctoral Seminar Jury acting as examiner for doctoral candidate Pedro Filipe Farinha Cachapuz with the report entitled "“Génese de rochas migmatíticas associadas ao colapso varisco no SW da Zona de Ossa-Morena: Uma visão geoquímica da formação de migmatitos na Faixa Metamórfica Évora-Aracena”. | Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Ciências da Terra e Energia, Portugal |
| 2023/07/25 - 2023/07/28 | Jury of best oral presentation in the XIII Magiber | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | FCiências.ID Award in the field of Earth and Sea Sciences
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
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